• ISBN13: 9781783303564
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Library & Information Science
• Publisher: Facet Publishing
• Publisher Imprint: FacetPub.
• Publication Date: January 1, 2019
• Pages: 280
• Original Price: GBP 64.95
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 440 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Library & Information Science / Archives & Special Libraries

Participatory Archives: Theory and practice is divided into four sections with each focused on a particular aspect of participatory archives: social tagging and commenting; transcription; crowdfunding; and outreach & activist communities. Each section includes chapters summarizing the existing literature, a discussion of theoretical challenges and benefits, and a series of case studies. The case studies are written by a range of international practitioners and provide a wide range of examples in practice, whilst the remaining chapters are supplied by leading scholars from Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States. This book will be useful for students on archival studies programs, scholarly researchers in archival studies who could use the book to frame their own research projects, and practitioners who might be most interested in the case studies to see how participatory archives function in practice. The book may also be of interest to other library and information science students, and similar audiences within the broader cultural heritage institution fields of museums, libraries, and galleries.

Edward Benoit, III is assistant professor at the School of Library & Information Science at Louisiana State University.

Alexandra Eveleigh is Collections Information Manager at Wellcome Collection in London.